Jay

Shorelarks, Thornham Beach

Slav.

A rather showy bird in the channel today.

C-r Twite, Thornham Harbour

NWT Holme Dunes

Sunday 22 November 2015

Counting period: 07:25 - 14:55 Count type: seawatch Weather: wind North3 Observers: Robert Smith, Gary Hibberd, Andy Brown, Greg Beeton, Mark ??? and Fiona ??? SW NE SW NE SW NE Red-throated Diver    10    -    Mallard    23    -    Dunlin    53    -    Great Northern Diver    1    -    Pintail    11    -    Great Skua    6    -    Great Crested Grebe    8    -    Tufted Duck    9    -    Black-headed Gull    265    -    Fulmar    5    -    Eider    53    -    Glaucous Gull    1    -    Gannet    10    -    Long-tailed Duck    1    -    Kittiwake    5    -    Dark-bellied Brent Goose    92    -    Common Scoter    198    -    Guillemot    15    -    Shelduck    740    -    Velvet Scoter    4    -    Razorbill    2    -    Wigeon    651    -    Goldeneye    19    -    Razorbill/Guillemot    13    -    Gadwall    12    -    Red-breasted Merganser    46    -    Black Guillemot    8    -    Teal    171    -    Goosander    3    -    Starling    8400    -    Totals: 10835 individuals, 30 species, 7:30 hours Bold = Remarkable observation (scarce or rare species or large number) Comments: Probably the biggest passage of Shelduck in Norfolk for 40 years and just 30 short of Norfolks highest ever count.

Glaucous Gull

During the weekends sea watching this bird briefly pitched down on the tideline before heading off west and then back east an hour or so later.

Hunstanton Cliffs

Saturday 21 November 2015

Counting period: 08:30 - 11:30 Count type: seawatch Weather: wind North7 Observers: Gary Hibberd, Andy Brown, Pete Clements and Robert Smith S N S N S N Red-throated Diver    -    1    Common Scoter    -    127    skua sp.    63    -    Manx Shearwater    -    2    Goldeneye    7    -    Kittiwake    62    4    Gannet    4    148    Red-breasted Merganser    8    2    Razorbill    -    2    Shelduck    12    -    Pomarine Skua    16    -    Razorbill/Guillemot    5    2    Wigeon    126    -    Arctic Skua    2    -    Starling    385    -    Teal    8    -    Great Skua    57    6       Totals: 1049 individuals, 17 species, 3:00 hours

Dune Cup

Dune Cup, Mobile Dune, 16th November 2015

A Vine Weevil

Vine Weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus, Hunstanton, 8th November 2015

A few fungi at Holme Dunes

On our West Norfolk NWT Group walk today we found numerous fungi, mostly in the pines and dunes. We were able to identify a few but most had to be left unidentified. 
Just on the top of the sand to the east of the sand ladder I found a stinkhorn which I am pretty confident is a Dune Stinkhorn, even though it was past its best.

There were quite a good number of Scaly Stalkballs in the dunes.

In the pines we found Collared Earthstars

and Sessile Earthstars.